http://www.switched.com/2010/08/23/valves-portal-now-mandatory-reading-for-college-freshmen/ Switched Comments for http://www.switched.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.switched.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/23/valves-portal-now-mandatory-reading-for-college-freshmen/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/23/valves-portal-now-mandatory-reading-for-college-freshmen/Aug 24th 2010 6:00PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/08/23/valves-portal-now-mandatory-reading-for-college-freshmen/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/23/valves-portal-now-mandatory-reading-for-college-freshmen/Aug 29th 2010 6:19AMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/08/23/valves-portal-now-mandatory-reading-for-college-freshmen/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/23/valves-portal-now-mandatory-reading-for-college-freshmen/No wonder we hear about 6 hear olds stabbing and shooting their fellow kids in Kindergarten!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! @Thomas Houston ]]>Aug 29th 2010 1:29PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/08/23/valves-portal-now-mandatory-reading-for-college-freshmen/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/23/valves-portal-now-mandatory-reading-for-college-freshmen/
Things like this would keep me from going back to school. I'd inevitably fail at least this portion because I can't play first person style games like that. They make me sick and dizzy.


Whats the plan for people like me? ]]>Aug 29th 2010 7:38PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/08/23/valves-portal-now-mandatory-reading-for-college-freshmen/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/23/valves-portal-now-mandatory-reading-for-college-freshmen/Aug 29th 2010 8:58PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/08/23/valves-portal-now-mandatory-reading-for-college-freshmen/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/23/valves-portal-now-mandatory-reading-for-college-freshmen/
Our required "texts" are:

Portal
Bioshock
Psychonauts
Dragon Age: Origins]]>Aug 24th 2010 11:35PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/08/23/valves-portal-now-mandatory-reading-for-college-freshmen/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/23/valves-portal-now-mandatory-reading-for-college-freshmen/Aug 25th 2010 2:22PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/08/23/valves-portal-now-mandatory-reading-for-college-freshmen/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/23/valves-portal-now-mandatory-reading-for-college-freshmen/Myst, Riven, Exile, Revelation, End of Ages, URU and URU The Path of the Shell.
I like to call these games interactive novels. They have a fully realized history and culture. There are also 3 novels and a movie is in the planning stage.
]]>Aug 25th 2010 8:21AMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/08/23/valves-portal-now-mandatory-reading-for-college-freshmen/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/23/valves-portal-now-mandatory-reading-for-college-freshmen/Her suggestion list is:

o Half-Life (and/or Half-Life 2)
o Bioshock 2
o Mass Effect
o Eternal Sonata
o Tomb Raider
o Knights of the Old Republic
o Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
o Assassin’s Creed
o World of Warcraft
o Fable series
o Fallout series
o Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
o American McGee’s Alice
o Gears of War
o Final Fantasy VII, VIII, IX, X, X2, XII, or XIII
]]>Aug 25th 2010 3:28PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/08/23/valves-portal-now-mandatory-reading-for-college-freshmen/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/23/valves-portal-now-mandatory-reading-for-college-freshmen/]]>Aug 29th 2010 9:49AMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/08/23/valves-portal-now-mandatory-reading-for-college-freshmen/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/23/valves-portal-now-mandatory-reading-for-college-freshmen/ Most people that pretend they are good citizens and always do good in public are usually total nasty pricks in reality. Case in point, every MMO I have ever played, SWG, Guild Wars, WoW, Shaiya, etc, playing both good and evil sides.
I have found the the evil side of MMOs are usually nice people who help each other out and show others how to do things when they are new.
On the other hand I have tried the good side of MMOs and most of them are jerk offs who wouldnt help you if they were being paid.....LOL]]>Aug 29th 2010 10:38AMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/08/23/valves-portal-now-mandatory-reading-for-college-freshmen/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/23/valves-portal-now-mandatory-reading-for-college-freshmen/
Another interesting facet of the "City" games is that on occasion, the creators will determine a time to do an "Invasion" by an alien race specific to the game, and both Heroes and Villains fight this invasion as cooperative groups. There are also Co-Op zones where Heroes can fight other Heroes, ditto Villains, as well as areas where they can either fight one another, or fight TOGETHER against a common enemy (the aforementioned Aliens, in a specific "zone" set aside and accessible by both heroes and villains at any time, separate from the Invasion Scenarios).]]>Aug 29th 2010 11:19AMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/08/23/valves-portal-now-mandatory-reading-for-college-freshmen/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/23/valves-portal-now-mandatory-reading-for-college-freshmen/
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